DELINEATION OF SURFACES BY SKELETONIZATION - APPLICATION TO INTERPRETATION OF 3D SEISMIC-REFLECTION AND GEORADAR DATA VOLUMES

A new 3-D skeletonization technique based on a four-cycle correlation allows automatic event detection and mapping of surfaces in any 3-D vo lume of reflection seismic data. Interpretation results are comparable to those derived using conventional 3-D interpretation packages. Furt hermore, a product of skeletonization is a surface file containing a v ariety of seismic attributes for each identified surface that can be a ccessed for detailed statistical analysis.